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GERTRUDE AUBUCI-ION, OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOI-IN C.

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HAT-HOLDER.

y To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERTRUDE AUBUoHoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Jefferson, in the county of Cole and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to theV accompanying drawings.

This invention consists in a device to be used for the preservation of hats from damage in shipping or while stored.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, Figure l is a View of the device folded ready for use; Fig. 2 shows the device placed in a hatbox for shipment; Figs. 3 and' 4 are views of the blank from which the device is formed; Fig. 5 shows a hat afxed upon the device; Fig. 6 is a view of the device adapted as part of the equipment of a trunk tray; Fig. 7 shows the device having straps instead of the locking ears shown in previous figures; Fig. 8 depicts the substitution of snap-fasteners for said ears; and Figs. 9 and l0 are views of a modification showing means for attaching the hat-holder to a shipping case.

The device may be made of cardboard, strawboard, or of any other suitable material. The device is light, cheap, and easily applied and readily receives the insertion of a hat pin to hold the hat in place.

The completed device is formed from a blank (illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4), having a body portion l, from which extend the arms 2, each containing an eyelet 3, into which is inserted an ear or lug 4, indented at 5 to form a lock. By bending upright the arms 2 and inserting lugs 4 through eyelets 3 from the outer or under face of one of the arms 2 to the inner side of another arm 2, and doing likewise until each arm 2 is thus connected with its neighbors, as shown in Fig. l, the hat-holder is formed. Thereafter same may be attached, if desired, to the bottom, top, or side of a hat-box, shipping case, wall, or shelf by the use of glue, the familiar paper-fastener, or a nail, as the location may require, and while adding little weight, and taking up no additional space, laffords a great convenience for home use and preserves the hat when being shipped or carried from lateral motion which would re- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 4, 1909.

Patented May 17, 1910. Serial No. 476,175.

sultdin its being bumped and thereby damage It will be noted that the arms 2 taper toward the concave edge 6 and that the disposition of the eyelets 3 and lugs 4 is such that when the arms are locked together forv use, the device presents at the top the appearance of a truncated hollow cone surmounting a square base or itself terminating at its base in square corners. This results from the fact that the margins of said arms overlap through the greater-part of their vertical extension by reason of the indentations 5 being placed at the immediate juncture of the lug 4 with the margin of the arms 2 and because of the situation of the eyelets 3 away from, and at an angle to, the margins of said arms 2. The advantage gained by these peculiarities of construction lies in the fact that the hat, being placed upon the cone-like portion, is prevented by the widening out of the base into square corners, from slipping down upon and damaging what trimming may lie or fall beneath the brim. The eyelets 3 may be either angular or L- shaped, as shown, or may be of other desirable shape.

The buckle 7 and strap 8 shown in Fig. 7 may be utilized instead of lugs 4 and eyelets 3, as may, also, the snap fastener 9 and socket l0 depicted in Fig. 8. These forms of the locking device will be most advantageously used when the hat-holder is embodied in a permanent construction such as trunk-tray l1 rather than in the temporary shipping case l2 shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

Instead of fastening the body portion l to the bottom of the box l2 with glue or with a permanent attachment such as the paper fastener hereinabove mentioned, slits 13 may be cut in the bottom of box l2, and tongues 14 may be cut out of the body-portion l of the hat-holder, and said tongues inserted in said slits. This provides an adjustable connection between the hat-holder and the shipping` case by means of which the hat holder is slidable relative to the bottom of said shipping case, though attached thereto. By this means, in the case of a hat where most of the trimming is on one side thereof, the hat-holder can be moved nearer one side of the box than the other, thus allowing an extra large space for the trimming that projects from one side of the hat. Of course, where the trimming does not predominate on one side rather than another' or where it is altogether above the hat, the hat-holder would be given a central position in said shipping case.

It will be observed thatl the corners where the arms 2 join the body portion are rounded at l5 so as to produce a better joint.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

l. A hat holder, comprising in combination, a blank consisting of a squared base, and quadrilateral arms formed on each side of said base, said quadrilateral arms being adapted to be overlapped and oined to form an upwardly tapering` structure whose square base merges into a round top.

2. A hat holder, comprising, in combination, a blank consisting of a square base, an arm formed on each side of said base having tapering sides, and an inwardly curved top, whereby, when said arms are bent upwardly, they will form a structure whose square base merges into a round top, and means for horizontally adjusting the position of said holder on a support.

3. A hat holder, comprising, in combination, with a support, a blank consisting of a square base, quadrilateral arms formed on each side of said base, said quadrilateral arms being adapted to be overlapped and joined to form an upwardly tapering structure whose square base merges into a round top, and means for adjustably securing said holder to said support, said securing means comprising flaps formed on said base, and elongated slots formed in said support and engagiiw said aps.

4. A hat holder, comprising in combination with a support, a blank comprising a square base and radiating arms, said arms being inwardly inclined and overlapping one another to form a circular top, means for securing said arms in overlapped position, and means for adjustably securing said holder to said support, said securing means comprising flaps formed on said base, and elongated slots formed in said support and engaging said flaps.

In testimony whereof I have amxed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GERTRUDE AUBUCHON.

Witnesses N. 7. EDWARDS, DORA EDWARDS. 

